How find the values of x in: #(1−tan(x)) / (1+ tan(x))=1+sin(2x)# ?

1 Answer
Sep 6, 2017

Use the identities #tan(x) = sin(x)/cos(x)# and #sin(2x) = 2sin(x)cos(x)#

Explanation:

Given: #(1−tan(x)) / (1+ tan(x))=1+sin(2x)#

Use the identity #tan(x) = sin(x)/cos(x)#

#(1−sin(x)/cos(x)) / (1+ sin(x)/cos(x))=1+sin(2x)#

Multiply the left side by 1 in the form of #cos(x)/cos(x)#

#cos(x)/cos(x)(1−sin(x)/cos(x)) / (1+ sin(x)/cos(x))=1+sin(2x)#

Follow rules for the multiplication of fractions:

#(cos(x)−cos(x)sin(x)/cos(x)) / (cos(x)+ cos(x)sin(x)/cos(x))=1+sin(2x)#

The cosines cancel:

#(cos(x)−sin(x)) / (cos(x)+ sin(x))=1+sin(2x)#

Use the identity #sin(2x) = 2sin(x)cos(x)#:

#(cos(x)−sin(x)) / (cos(x)+ sin(x))=1+2sin(x)cos(x)#

Multiply both sides by #(cos(x)+ sin(x))#

#cos(x)−sin(x) = (cos(x)+ sin(x))(1+2sin(x)cos(x))#

Perform the multiplication:

#cos(x)−sin(x) = cos(x) +2sin(x)cos^2(x)+ sin(x)+2sin^2(x)cos(x)#

Add #sin(x)-cos(x)# to both sides:

#2sin(x)cos^2(x)+ 2sin(x)+2sin^2(x)cos(x)= 0#

Divide both sides by 2:

#sin(x)cos^2(x)+ sin(x)+sin^2(x)cos(x)= 0#

Remove a common factor of #sin(x)#:

#sin(x)(cos^2(x)+sin(x)cos(x)+ 1)= 0#

The second factor has no real roots; I will prove this by graphing it:

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Please observe that the graph does not touch or cross the horizontal axis, therefore, the first factor is the only root.

#sin(x) = 0#

#x = sin^-1(0)#

#x = npi; n in ZZ#